{"id":155275,"date":"2021-01-05T14:26:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/audi-a4-cabriolet-2007-18v427000\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T14:26:10","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:26:10","slug":"audi-a4-cabriolet-2007-18v427000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/audi-a4-cabriolet-2007-18v427000\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi A4 Cabriolet (2007) &#8211; 18V427000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Defect Description For Recall<\/h2><p>Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) Is Recalling Certain 2005-2008 Audi A4 Sedan, A4 Avant, S4 Avant And S4 Sedan, 2007-2008 Rs4 Sedan, 2004 Rs4 Cabriolet, 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolet And S4 Cabriolet, 2005-2011 A6 Sedan, 2006-2011 A6 Avant, And 2007-2011 S6 Sedan Vehicles.  These Vehicles Are Equipped With Certain Air Bag Inflators Assembled As Part Of The Passenger Frontal Air Bag Modules Used As Original Equipment Or Replacement Equipment.  In The Event Of A Crash Necessitating Deployment Of The Passenger Frontal Air Bag, These Inflators May Explode Due To Propellant Degradation Occurring After Long-Term Exposure To Absolute Humidity And Temperature Cycling.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>AUDI<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Model Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>A4 CABRIOLET<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Year<\/h2><p>2007<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Recall Campaign Number<\/h2><p>18V427000<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Component Description<\/h2><p>Air BAGS:Frontal:Passenger Side:Inflator Module<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Effect Of Defect<\/h2><p>An Inflator Explosion May Result In Sharp Metal Fragments Striking The Driver Or Other Occupants Resulting In Serious Injury Or Death.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Fix Defect<\/h2><p>Audi Has Notified Owners, And Dealers Will Replace The Passenger Frontal Air Bag With An Alternate Remedy Part, Free Of Charge.  The Recall Began June 29, 2018.  Owners May Contact Audi Customer Service At 1-800-253-2834.  Volkswagen&#8217;S Number For This Recall Is 69R7.  Note: This Recall Supersedes Recalls 16V382, 17V032 And 18V004 And Includes Vehicles That May Have Had Their Air Bag Previously Replaced Under One Of Those Campaigns.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Start Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20060626<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">End Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20090318<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Type Of Vehicle Recall<\/h2><p>V<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Number Affected<\/h2><p>237947<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Owners Notified<\/h2><p>20180629<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Initiated By<\/h2><p>Odi<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Responsible Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Report Received<\/h2><p>20180622<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Campaign Number<\/h2><p>69R7<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Part Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard<\/h2><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicle recall defect &#8211; Volkswagen Group Of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) Is Recalling Certain 2005-2008 Audi A4 Sedan, A4 Avant, S4 Avant And S4 Sedan, 2007-2008 Rs4 Sedan, 2004 Rs4 Cabriolet, 2007-2009 A4 Cabriolet And S4 Cabriolet, 2005-2011 A6 Sedan, 2006-2011 A6 Avant, And 2007-2011 S6 Sedan Vehicles.  These Vehicles Are Equipped With Certain Air Bag Inflators Assembled As Part Of The Passenger Frontal Air Bag Modules Used As Original Equipment Or Replacement Equipment.  In The Event Of A Crash Necessitating Deployment Of The Passenger Frontal Air Bag, These Inflators May Explode Due To Propellant Degradation Occurring After Long-Term Exposure To Absolute Humidity And Temperature Cycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[17546,17522],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}